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Where There’s a Will searches for the surprising places Shakespeare shows up outside the theater. Host Barry Edelstein, artistic director at one of the country’s leading Shakespeare theaters, and co-host writer and director Em Weinstein, ask what is it about Shakespeare that’s given him a continuous afterlife in all sorts of unexpected ways? You’ll hear Shakespeare doing rehabilitative work in a maximum security prison, helping autistic kids to communicate, shaping religious observances, in ...
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Love Me Do From McCartney: A Life in Lyrics
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Countless decisions, large and small, aided The Beatles’ ascent to the top of popular culture. The release of their debut single, “Love Me Do,” in the UK in the fall of 1962 was one of those decisions. Their debut on American television was another. In this episode from McCartney: A Life in Lyrics, Paul McCartney and Paul Muldoon discuss the early …
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What happens when William Shakespeare walks into a Yom Kippur service? We take a deep dive into how Shakespeare informs contemporary religious practices and faith traditions, and explore one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays—host Barry Edelstein's favorite—The Winter's Tale. Its focus on the idea of wonder ties all of the Bard's plays, and this seaso…
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What happens when a regular person has to publicly speak Shakespeare for a wedding or funeral or bat mitzvah? Barry coaches two listeners through their moments in the spotlight, and along the way illuminates how Shakespeare’s language works. Also, we check out Shakespeare in the mouths of the baseball announcers for the San Diego Padres. Take Me Ou…
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Is a Shakespeare-obsessed 15 year-old geeky, or totally cool? We meet a group of teens who’ve immersed themselves in Shakespeare to hear why they believe this writer speaks to them more clearly than any other. And we also hear about even younger kids with a very special relationship to the Bard: autistic children, who discover ways to express thems…
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To be, or not to be President? Shakespeare is a longtime ally of America’s Commanders-in-Chief, and for good reason: there's plenty to be found in his plays about leadership and how it works. We eavesdrop in the Oval Office to hear how Shakespeare shapes the thinking and feeling of political leaders, and how they draw on him for wisdom and solace. …
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Where men are women, women are men, and gender is As You Like It. Co-host Em Weinstein leads an exploration of how Shakespeare bent gender on the stage and in his writing, and how that inspired Em—and others—to step into their own truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Pushkin Industries
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Introducing Macbeth from Play On Podcasts
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Today, we want to share a preview of another Shakespeare podcast we think you will enjoy, Play On Podcasts, which reimagines Shakespeare's timeless tales into epic audio adventures. Each episode explores plays from Macbeth to A Midsummer Night's Dream, created specifically for the podcast form by some of America's most exciting playwrights, directo…
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Hamlet is everywhere right now. But this isn't the same play you read in high school English. We meet the minds behind a singing Hamlet, The Northman's Amleth, and Pulitzer prizewinner Fat Ham's Juicy – and ponder what makes this Shakespearean tragedy speak directly to our time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Host Barry Edelstein takes us into California’s Centinela State Prison for a one-of-a-kind production of Shakespeare’s English history plays performed by incarcerated individuals. What makes Shakespeare a force of transformation and transcendence behind bars? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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The year is 1849, and a riot at a Shakespearean theater has left dozens of people dead. But as it always is with the Bard, there's more here than meets the eye. Why did some people think Shakespeare was important enough to die for? How did the work of one man writing in Victorian England capture the tensions brewing in a newly independent America? …
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Where There’s a Will searches for the surprising places Shakespeare shows up beyond the theater. Barry Edelstein, artistic director at The Old Globe, one of the country’s leading Shakespeare theaters, and co-host Em Weinstein ask what is it about Shakespeare that’s given him a continuous afterlife in all sorts of unexpected ways. You’ll hear Shakes…
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Desperately Seeking Cymbeline - A Chat with Sarah Pearcey
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I end the school year with one of my favorite interviews. Londoner Shara Pearcey discusses the joys and challenges of resolving to see all of Shakespeare’s plays staged within a ten year time frame.---------------You can subscribe to ShakenBakeCast on iTunes at tinyurl.com/y9543wku Follow me on Twitter at @ShakenBakeMHS.…
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Interview with Sarah Enloe of the American Shakespeare Center
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You can subscribe to ShakenBakeCast on iTunes at tinyurl.com/y9543wku Follow me on Twitter at @ShakenBakeMHS.---------------Sarah Enloe Director of Education at the American Shakespeare Center discusses its educational programs and adherence to staging conditions. https://americanshakespearecenter.com/…
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Discussing Taming of the Shrew with Writer/Performer Sarah Z. Johnson
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Sarah Z. Johnson has written an adaptation of “The Taming of the Shrew for the Madison Shakespeare Company and she has also been cast in the lead role of Katherine. She talks with ShakenBakeCast about her take on “the Shrew” and describes more generally the Madison Shakespeare Company. http://madisonshakespeare.org/---------------You can subscribe …
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Heart of America Shakespeare Festival -- Sidonie Garrett, Executive Artistic Director
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Sidonie Garrett discusses the rich educational offerings of Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, Kansas City, MO. These include a wonderful “Shakespeare’s Heartbeat” program for autistic young people. Larry and Sidonie also discuss this year’s Festival production of “Much Ado about Nothing. https://kcshakes.org/---------------You can subscribe to…
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“I Was Cleopatra”-- an Interview with YA author Dennis Abrams
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Dennis Abrams discusses the inspiration for his newly released book, “I Was Cleopatra”-- a fictional memoir of the boy actor John Rice who likely played many leading women characters in Shakespeare’s acting company. Dennis also discusses his other works and his generous interest in Shakespeare.http://tinyurl.com/y8r9vjne---------------You can subsc…
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Chatting about Stratford & Podcasting with Keith Tomasek
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Keith writes Shakespeare Festival reviews and produces Canada's longest running podcast on the arts "The Inadequate Life." https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-inadequate-life/id655766903?mt=2https://stratfordfestivalreviews.com/---------------You can subscribe to ShakenBakeCast on iTunes at tinyurl.com/y9543wku Follow me on Twitter at @labcbake…
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The Colorado Shakespeare Festival -- an Interview with Amanda Giguere
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Amanda previews the upcoming Colorado Festival season and describes the unique Shakespeare & Violence Prevention program as well as other fabulous educational initiatives https://cupresents.org/series/shakespeare-festival/---------------You can subscribe to ShakenBakeCast on iTunes at tinyurl.com/y9543wku Follow me on Twitter at @ShakenBakeMHS.…
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Bard on the Beach Summer Productions and Programs
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A discussion with Mary Hartman, Director of Education at Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival in Vancouver, CA. Larry talks with Mary about the coming summer season and the Festival’s education programs.By ShakenBakeCast
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Susan Brock Discusses Two Major Shakespeare Libraries
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In her career, Susan looked after the libraries of the Shakespeare Institute and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. She discusses these fantastic collections and describes some of her experiences.---------------You can subscribe to ShakenBakeCast on iTunes at tinyurl.com/y9543wku Follow me on Twitter at @ShakenBakeMHS.…
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Shakespeare in Prisons - an Interview with Frannie Shepherd-Bates
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Frannie serves as Director of Programs for Detroit Public Theatre. She is the founder, director, and lead facilitator of Shakespeare in Prison (SIP), a program of DPF and describes the inspiring benefits of this program. http://www.detroitpublictheatre.org/shakespeareinprison/---------------You can subscribe to ShakenBakeCast on iTunes at tinyurl.c…
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Contemporary U.K. Performance of Shakespeare---- Dr. Abigail Rokison-Woodall
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Dr. Rokison-Woodall describes trends in U.K. contemporary Shakespeare production, giving a number of interesting examples. She and ShakenBakeCast discuss gender-blindness in casting and other interesting new developments.---------------You can subscribe to ShakenBakeCast on iTunes at tinyurl.com/y9543wku Follow me on Twitter at @ShakenBakeMHS.…
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Prof. Katherine Scheil on Anne Hathaway & Women’s Reading Books of Shakespeare
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Prof Scheil (University of Minnesota) has authored books on Anne Hathaway (coming out in June) and women’s reading groups of Shakespeare (‘12). She discusses both topics in this interesting interview.---------------You can subscribe to ShakenBakeCast on iTunes at tinyurl.com/y9543wku Follow me on Twitter at @ShakenBakeMHS.…
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Music in Shakespeare-- A Conversation with Kathryn Roberts Parker
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Kathryn is a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney researching the songs in Shakespeare's comedies. Most fascinating, she is a musician, educator and theatre-maker. As such she shares a special knowledge of and experience with the plays. Check out her web site at http://www.bardology.com.au/---------------You can subscribe to ShakenBakeCast on …
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Food and Banqueting in Shakespeare's Day-- Dr. Emily Gruber Keck
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Dr. Keck provides a delightful interview about "fast food" and banquets in the Early Modern English period. She comments on food in several of Shakespeare's plays including Twelfth Night, Titus Andronicus, Macbeth, and The Tempest.--------------------------------------------You can subscribe to ShakenBakeCast on iTunes at tinyurl.com/y9543wku Follo…
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